Tortured and Jailed Black Seniors Released – But Denied Social Security After Life In Prison
‘In an unprecedented move, Chicago officials have agreed to pay $5.5 million in reparations to black men, who spent decades in prison after police tortured them into confessing to crimes they didn’t commit.
Although each man could receive as much as $100,000 before taxes, the settlement points to another major financial roadblock that a corrupt and racist police, prosecutorial and judicial system drops in the path of black men who have been wrongfully convicted.
Loss of Youth–and Social Security.’
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